Sun Warehouse

79 Laight Street | also 255 West Street, 410 Washington Street, 254 West Street | Tribeca | built 1853

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  1. 1853

    Grocers Steam Sugar Refining Company builds a large warehouse along Laight Street

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    Around 1853 the Grocers Steam Sugar Refining Company erected this warehouse, which fills the 225-foot Laight Street frontage and returns 62 feet on both West and Washington Streets. The refinery's steam engines, retorts and chimney stood just south, where 32-44 Hubert Street is now. The thick red brick walls have segmentally arched windows and brownstone sills.

    “Tax records indicate that this building was constructed around 1853 by the Grocers Steam Sugar Refining Company; that firm was soon succeeded by the United States Sugar Refining Company.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1872

    The U.S. Appraiser's Storehouse occupies 79-101 Laight Street into the 1890s

    From the early 1870s through the 1890s the former sugar warehouse served as the United States Appraiser's Storehouse. A large staff of packers, clerks, examiners and appraisers handled samples of imported goods sent from bonded warehouses, so that customs duties could be assessed. Those bonded warehouses stood near both the Hudson River piers and the storehouse.

    “Here a large staff of packers, clerks, examiners, and appraisers processed samples of imported merchandise sent from bonded warehouses for customs evaluation.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1927

    The Pennsylvania Railroad turns the warehouse into its Laight-West freight station in 1927

    In 1927 the Pennsylvania Railroad began using the building as its Laight-West Station. Freight bound west was gathered there before being trucked to the railroad's rail yards in New Jersey. Earlier in the century the building had held a bonded tea warehouse run by the Laight Street Stores Company, and in later years it was known as the Sun Warehouse.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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